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G. TROXLER, Jr. LAGING STUD.

No. 442,277. Patented nec. 9, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GUSTAVUS TROXLER, JR., OF NEW'ARK, IIEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIAIJF TO HERMAN IV. GEDIOKE, OF SAME PLACE.

LACING-STU D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,277', dated December 9, 1890.

Application filed September 3, 1890. Serial No. 363,808. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it kn own that I, GU STAVU s TROXLER, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lacing Studs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of lacing-studs for readily securing the meeting edges of the shoe-upper upon and around the foot without the necessity of placing the lacing-cord separately around each stud while putting on or removing the shoe.

The invention consists in the application of such studs to said meeting edges, provided with revolving eyelets or pulleys, so that after the foot has been placed within the shoe the same can be laced by means of one pull on the ends of the lacingeord, and the meeting edges of the upper thereby brought together down the front of the foot.

The invention is more fully described in the following detailed description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which` Figure l is a perspective view of a shoe, illustrating the meeting edges of the upper spread apart for the reception of the foot, provided with my improved lacing-studs and a lacing-cord in position for bringing the meeting edges together in position on the foot. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of one of the studs secured to a part of the Lipper, which is represented in cross-section. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a stud removed from the upper, certain parts being represented in vertical seetion. Fig. 4 is a top view of one of the studs in position on the upper.

In said view similar referencedetters are employed to indicate corresponding parts in each of the views.

In the drawings, o, denotes the shoeupper; `b b, the meeting edges of the same, adapted to come together down the front of the foot.

The lacing-studs may be secured to the up- 5 5 per in any convenient manner; but the present construction- (illustrated in the accompanying drawings) is the preferred form. Said lacing-studs are preferably formed from a piece of stout wire c', bent U shape to form 6o a staple, as shown, and provided with pointed ends or prongs c2 and c3, which are inserted through perforations in a bearing-plate e, said pointed ends c2 and c3 being cut away to form the shoulders c4 and c5, which, when said ends 65 have been inserted in the perforations in the bearing-plate e, rest upon the upper surface of said plate, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. On one of the ends of the U-shaped staple c is arranged a tubular eye or pulley f, which rotates upon the bearing-plate e and about the bent staple when the lacing-cord is drawn tight, as will be evident from the drawings.

When the several parts of the lacing-stud have been arranged in position on the upper and the prongs or pointed ends c2 and e8 have been inserted through the perforations in the bearing-plate and also through the leather, they are turned down by means of suitable machines or by hand, firmly securing the staples in position upon the upper.

IVhen the upper has been provided with the desired number of staples or lacing-studs, a

lacing-cord is inserted beneath the U-shaped 8 5 part thereof, as shown in Fig. l, so that the cord is in contact with one edge of each pulley or tubular eye, the ends of the cord projecting from the upper studs, as shown in said iigure.

lVhen the meeting edges of the shoe have been spread apart, as shown in Fig. 1, the foot can readily be inserted in the shoe, and by pulling on the ends CZ and d2 of the cord all the pulleys or tubular eyes secured to the lacing-studs are operated at the same time, bringing the meeting edges of the upper together, when the ends of the cord can be tied into a knot. By simply untying the knot the shoe can be removed from the foot, the meetroo ing` edges of the upper assuming the positions shown in". Fig. l. f

I do not Wish to be understood as limiting my invention to any special form of lacing- 5 stud provided with a pulley; but the construction herein shown, which is staple form, is preferable, as thereby the lacing-cord is always held in position ready for-engagement with the tubular eyes or pulleys.

The present invention is applicable to all kinds of shoes as Well as gloves.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim is` In a lacing-stud, the combination, with a r 5 perforated bearing-plate, of a staple provided GUSTAVUS TROXLER, JR.

Vitnesses:

lFREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, HERMAN W. GEDIGKE. 

